Most everyone has tried the flash based SpeakEasy Internet Speed Test. Recently, SourceForge introduced a HTML5 speed test that doest not require Flash or Java. It works on all devices including tablets and smart phones without needing to install an App. You can try it here: https://sourceforge.net/speedtest/. The image below […]
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Are you booting your ESXi hosts from a single USB flash drive? What will you do if that USB stick dies? Most modern servers now have internal dual SD cards that provide redundancy by allowing you to configure them in a RAID 1 mirror. What if you have an older […]
Adblock Plus is a free browser plug-in for Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer. In addition to the obvious function of blocking advertisements, Adblock Plus also provides the following benefits: Speeds up web browsing by decreasing page load times. No more waiting for advertising DNS lookups and image/banner downloads. Can block […]
Yesterday we had two machines in the shop getting fresh installations of Windows 7. On first check for Windows updates with SP1 installed, both hung on checking for updates. We let one machine check for 10 hours without success. The solution: Stop the Windows Update Service (wuauserv). Download and install […]
WordPress is the most popular Content Management System (CMS) in use today. According to its Wikipedia page, WordPress is used by more than 23.3% of the top 10 million websites as of January 2015. This popularity also makes WordPress a target for hackers. If you’re running WordPress, have you ever […]